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With the album “Off the Wall” Michael Jackson became “cool” to me. Sure, he had done solo albums before that one, but they were all “Jackson Five-ish”. But the guy […]

The frontman of the Eels (Mark Oliver Everett or E for short), was questioned by the London Police last Monday in Hyde Park, after he was mistaken for a suspicious

Off The Wall is to Thriller, what Revolver is to Sgt. Peppers Lovely Heartsclub Band. The latter two get all the accolades, but the former two are simply better. The

Those boring, arrogant, enervated, egotists at Pitchfork report that Ryan Adams and Rivers Cuomo have written a song together and thereby beg the answer to a question that has bothered

I got booze Babe, Cher’s Ex Greg Allman has been battling Hep C since 2007. Word comes today that the fair haired rocker has actually had a liver transplant yesterday

1. Dancing On My Own (Baraka Som Sisteema) – Robyn 2. Our Whole Lives – The Hold Steady 3. Crossfire – Brandon Flowers 4. More Keith Richards – Quitzow 5.

God, what a piece of work Courtney Love is. And no, not because she left fans waiting for three hours to watch her perform an acoustic set. If you’re gonna

Taking a break from listening to a somewhat disappointing fistful of new tracks, I’ve had two songs in heavy rotation. The most recent one released Tuesday, the earlier one a

Happy Birthday George Michaels Born today June 25 1963 Georgios Panayiotou was destined to pop stardom with WHAM, and absolute repulsion in a rest room EVERYONE wash your hands. Cake

Harper Simon knows how to surround himself with accomplished people: Actor Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project, HBO’s Hung) has directed his new video for ‘Wishes and Stars’, a song

So the Big 4 of thrash metal came together on the big screen. The long awaited mini-tour featuring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax was showen in movie theaters around the

I have a story to go along with the pic: Brandon Flowers solo album is dropping September 7th. But really, I am just posting the pic because Helen will love

Remember back last May when I was raving about the Bjork/Dirty Projectors mash up at some bookstore. I was streaming it non stop on youtube and behgging em to release.

1. California Gurls (feat Snoop Dogg) – Katy Perry 2. OMG (feat Will. I. Am) – Usher 3. Airplanes (feat Hayley Williams) – B.o.B. 4. Billionaire – Travis McCoy 5.

What I think is one of the best songs, Michael Jackson has ever done. The short film starts with a disclaimer, which reads: “Due to my strong personal convictions, I

The good thing about a lame week is it gives you the chance to listen to an album you hadn’t heard in months. I went back to vampire Weekend’s Contra

you go to a Gogol Bordello concert and decide to be in the front rows, skip the gym in the morning, come in sweat pants and just wish you have

Cristofer Drew has been morphing before our eyes like a shape shifter. From Podunk wheat fed lovey boy to heavy lidded tattooed pot head. Yet his voice hasn’t changed yet.

rock nyc faves Quitzow are back in New York, with mates Setting Sons, this August and I can’t wait. I flipped over Cherry Blossom, Quitzows new album, a coupla weeks

HOLY GOD WITH A BOWLING BALL ITS MY DREAM COME FREAKIN TRUUUUUUUUUUE!! Guess who’s touring.. no really, guess Ill wait…. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes!! Not in all my

Weird Al Yankovic’s released “Craiglist” from last year -a completely wonderful Doors parody (not satire, folks) with a real live Door playing the keyboards and, and here’s the kicker, it

Between touring non stop and refilling his depleted coffers in what he said would be his last concert ever at MSG, living legend Leonard cohen has found the time to

Passion Pit recently did a cover to The Smashing Pumpkins song, “Tonight, Tonight” as part of some Levi’s promo Pioneer something or other. If you have read anything I have

Here is part II of the Titus Andronicus tour of the US on behalf of their album of the year The Monitor. See something missing? No? Where the hell is

Holy CRAP Peter Murphy is cameo’ing in Eclipse What the heck!! Front man of Bauhaus has always dipped into acting with bit spots in The Hunger and other ‘dark’ films

Love the Way You Live (feat. Rihanna) – Eminem – No, no, no, no, no. I did not say every song on the album, I said some of it sucked

A day after I tell the world I am sick of Lady Gaga, Idolator stream a new Gagaism “Changing Skies”, and it is awesome and I love her again. A

What you get if you sound like Hall And Oates on the verses, and Maroon 5 on the chorusses… er, Maroon 5’s really good new single “Misery now streaming on

As if KISS weren’t whores enough.. now you can scratch them for money. Their silly mugs are on the latest instant ‘scratcher’ tickets for the New Mexico lottery. So of

Two presales for Jay-Z and Eminem at Yankee STadium September 13th. First from yankees.com presale code: NYYJAYZ Second from Livenation, presale code: tickets

Since I was able to walk, I danced. Ever since the dancing started, I can not recall anything better to dance to than Sir King of Pop and his vast

WTF – why is Teenage fanclub coming no closer to Manhattan then fucking brookln? Look I have nothing ESPECIALLY against Brooklyn. But from Queens to the heart of Brooklyn is

Not for nothing but once you’re a star you are a star forever apparently. George Michaels couldn’t sell a greatest hits album at this point so how the hell he

Not for nothing, but why would Russell Brand need to base Aldous Snow -his “Get Me To The Greek” rocker, on anybody but himself. You know, whatever. Here’s the fucking

1. Our Whole Lifes – The Hold Steady 2. These Days – Monica Mancini 3. Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. 4. Crossfire – Brandon Flowers 5. More Keith Richards –

Not much about music… a lot about smells like team spirit…

If you need that playlist to blast while on your way to the beach, wind blowing your hair back, and just being happy it’s summer, check these songs out. 1.

I’ve only heard a handful of songs off Eminem’s new album “Relapse” and I I like em, don’t like em, like B.o.B., like Drake, like just about every major hip

Non story of the decade? A rainstorm is expected at some point during the three day Glastonbury Festival this weekend. A rainstorm at a Brit Music Fest… wow, that’s as

Holy mother of hot diggity dog the Warped Tour stages have been announced!! Main Stage Andrew W.K., Face To Face, Alkaline Trio, Dillinger Escape Plan, Bouncing Souls, All-American Rejects, Bring

Lessee, Taylor Momsem is the star of a tween TV show called “Gossip Girl” -sorta Walt Stillman for morons. She’s a bit of a knock out as well -well, except

Yeah, that Jenny (Rilo Kiley Jenny) and that Johnny (Mr. Rilo Kiley, teaming up musically after years of teaming up emotionally. I am a huge fan of the latter J,

I wrote a few days ago about the beautiful sounds of A.C Newman. Amazing artist and head of the New Pornographers. Well then apparently, his band mate is a guard

Slipknot bassist Paul Grey’s death has been ruled an accidental overdose of morphine and synthetic morphine substitute fentanyl.  Shocked? Me neither.

Since my rolling stone subscription has run out it is up to young Helen to tell you that Lady Gaga has finished her new album and plans to release it

Bon Jovi and the Meadowlands have opened up GREAT SEATS for their July 9th concert. For those of you who don’t speak rock and roll please allow me to elucidate:

Gwen Stefani’s husband Gavin Rossdale is back to work. Announcing the reunited Bush are recording and planning to release a new album this fall. The new album, entitled Everything Always

1.Crossed Out Name – A heartbreaker off his last (official) release. An ache of a New York… “for everything there is a word, everything but this”. Just a strummed out

Got this off brooklynvegan yesterday… on the roof of the Sullivan Building Monday night in front of an invited audience of 100 people. It showed last night. This would be